ATHENS/GREECE !

By:Olivia Walters

PARTHENON / ACROPOLIS

The Parthenon was made for

the goddess, Athena.

The Parthenon was made of

Pentelic marble.

The Parthenon is 2,500 years

old.

The Acropolis of Athens is the

most famous hill in all the
world.

CURRENCY / POPULATION

The population of Athens is

3,215,000 (three million, two
hundred fifteen thousand
people)

The currency (type of money)

is the Euro.

30% of the Greek population

lives in only 1% of Greece

About 7.5 million people visit

Greece each year, and the
largest amount of airports are
in Athens more than any other
city in Greece.

FUN FACTS FOR GREECE

Mount Olympus, the tallest

and most popular mountain in
Greece it has a elevation of
9,573.

Some sports and games in

Greece are soccer, basketball,
water polo, volleyball,
swimming, wrestling, and
handball.

Hundreds of years ago, Greeks

led the world in government,
art, science, architecture,
theater and pottery.

MORE FACTS !

Some landmarks and temples

in Athens are Acropolis of
Athens, Parthenon, ancient
agora of Athens, temple of
Hephaestus(he-fes-tus) and
temple of Zeus.

The people of Athens named

Athens after Athena, the
goddess of wisdom and
military victory from her
invention of the olive.

THE END NOW IT IS TIME

TO CANOE AWAY